besm_arcana

Assigning strings from Backstories for Arcana-After Years

grysar wrote in besm_arcana Feb 10, 2014 18:12

Now that we’ve gotten Kyon basically through the process, it’s time for the last step of the process, backstories! Monsterhearts Backstories are reminiscent of a late night less than sober game of truth or dare/never I have ever. There’s no big secrets left in After Years, so like in the base games we’ll play this out in open in comments. I’ve ( Read more... )

Seasonal Arcana silliness: Tarot Hearts!

grysar wrote in besm_arcana Dec 26, 2013 18:10

Merry Christmas to all that celebrate it and Happy New Year to all that follow the Gregorian calendar (a fine one if I say so myself).

In a feat of misdirected productivity, kamalloy and I have figured out how to reimagine Arcana using indie RPGs Monsterhearts and Apocalypse World. Monsterhearts in particular attempts to provide a supernatural angst-rich ( Read more... )

systems, monsterhearts, rpg design, apocalypse world, tarot hearts

And one more thing

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Dec 18, 2008 22:15

I did figure out a way to handle that huge battle. I'll I'd have to do is have someone (most likely Shun) show up and explain that the Reversed aren't capable of drawing out the true power of the artifacts. That would probably shake away at least some of the opposition.

The End of Arcana, Part the 4th

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Dec 17, 2008 22:54

Aight, so, not much more left to go here ( Read more... )

Who is the real false Katie?

ardweden wrote in besm_arcana Sep 18, 2008 11:45

Arcana is officially over, and as such, I checked some details over with Brett and figured I would put up a post explaining as much as possible about !Katie. Yes, I knew who she was this whole time... probably because I designed the character.

( I shall start with some of the more common questions: )

The End of Arcana, Part 3

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Sep 18, 2008 00:05

Alright, so, we left off with everyone on the way to the Construction site. It would have been about night at this point. Unnaturally, if not naturally :P The PCs get to the site, only to find that apparently luck has changed around the place, because the construction crew has managed to put up a base of the full four-stories. That is to say, ( Read more... )

The End of Arcana: Part 2

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Sep 11, 2008 21:48

I'm not up for going through the whole thing, so I'll just post some setup for now ( Read more... )

The End of Arcana: Part 1

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Sep 10, 2008 22:06

Ok, so here's to the easiest part of the Arcana ending. Easiest because it's the part I haven't really thought much about, despite the fact that it was coming up next: The big fight with Souichirou Tokuzawa and his gang of Reversed Arcana ( Read more... )

The End

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Sep 07, 2008 00:47

It's now been nine months since Arcana last ran. I'm declaring it over. I apologize to everyone who wanted to play through to the end, but I think we all know it's just not going to happen. I'll post a summary of the ending soonish. I'd actually written the epilogue about a year ago, so it shouldn't take long. I just need to summarize what I was ( Read more... )

Last call

kagami wrote in besm_arcana Jun 03, 2008 20:31

Aight, I want to hear from everyone one more time: end the game, or keep playing? I want to know just that you want to keep going, but also that you'll be able to find the time for it, too. Even if everyone wants to continue the game, if we can't work out a schedule that agrees with everyone, we're not going to get any further than we are now ( Read more... )